OSCEOLA BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Reed City, MI 49677
231-832-7397
Fax 231-832-3381
1. Call to Order
A meeting of the Osceola County Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority Board (Board) was called to order at the
a. Gary Baily, Board Member
b. Jim Belcher, Board Member
c. Dave Bisbee, Board Member
d. Bob Godbold, Board Member
e. Rich Jacobs, Board Member
f. Dan Massy, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Director and Board Recording Secretary
g. Lori Mitchell, Board Member
h. Shannon Schmidt, Board Member
i.
Dave Van Haaren; Regional
Manager-Mid
j. Gabriel Zawadzki; Grant Services Program, Michigan Association of Counties (see item 5b)
The following materials were provided prior to, or at the meeting:
a. July 15, 2009 Meeting Minutes (provided prior to and available at meeting)
b. Petroleum Substance Assessment Grant, Quarterly Report No. 6 Financial Report (at meeting)
c. Hazardous Substance Assessment Grant, Quarterly Report No. 6 Financial Report (at meeting)
d. Petroleum Assessment Grant & Hazardous Substances Assessment Budget Detail (provided by AKT Peerless at meeting)
e. Quarterly Report No. 6 for the Hazardous Substance Assessment Grant (provided by Michigan Association of Counties at meeting)
f. Quarterly Report No. 6 for the Petroleum Substance Assessment Grant (provided by Michigan Association of Counties at meeting)
g. Osceola County Inventory and Score Sheet, dated 2009-08-12 (provided at meeting)
h. Draft Brownfield Redevelopment Tri-fold brochure (provided at meeting)
2. Approval of the Agenda:
(09-29)
A motion was made by Gary Bailey, supported by Bob Godbold, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Public Comments: No members of the public were present.
4. Approval of the Minutes of July 15, 2009
(09-30) Motion by Bob Godbold,
supported by Dave Bisbee, to approve the July 15, 2009 Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority Board meeting minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
5. Unfinished
Business & Reports
a. Financial Reports
(1) Financial Report: Dan provided copies of the Financial Report from Quarterly Report No. 6 for both the Petroleum Assessment and Hazardous Substance Assessment grants.
(a) Rich pointed out that approximately only 9% of the Petroleum grant has been spent while 50% of the proposed timeline has expired. Dan stated he believes this is at least partially due to getting a slow start and that the gap between the two percentages should start to close; however, this does warrant close monitoring until the percentages get back in line.
(b) A copy of each report is on file as part of the Quarterly Report filed with the United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
(2) AKT Peerless: Dave went over the Budget Detail that was provided to each Board Member.
(3) Bills in Excess of $250 (note: This item was originally missed and returned to after item 6a): Dan presented bills in excess of $250.
(09-31) Motion by Dave
Bisbee, supported by Bob Godbold, to pay the
(09-32) Motion
by Bob Godbold, supported by Bob Jacobs, to pay AKT
Peerless Environmental Services $5,165.00 for costs incurred to conduct a Phase
II at
(09-33) Motion
by Bob Godbold, supported by Gary Bailey, to pay AKT
Peerless Environmental Services $2,100 for services at
b. Status
of
The Board was given
the Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) report performed by AKT
Peerless. Dave Van Haaren
briefed the Board on the results. The
building does qualify as a “facility”.
c. Status of Neal’s Service
The Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) is in progress.
d. Road Commission
Garage on
Dan stated the site eligibility letter has been sent to the EPA and we are awaiting a response. Furthermore he stated he will let Stephanie (note: AKT Peerless) know once a response is received so that she can take appropriate action.
e. Marketing Material
Dan provided Board members with a tri-fold brochure he had been working on that explains the Brownfield program. Dave V. also provided examples of information/marketing material from other communities. Board members reviewed the material and provided input. Dan will take input from the discussion and incorporate it into our information/marketing material.
Board members discussed the importance of further community outreach now that we are starting to build an inventory of sites, have completed a website, and will soon have printed material. Methods of outreach include leaving brochures at different locations, mailings, and serving as the speaker for community meetings. Dave V. mentioned he could provide briefing material.
Bob brought up the idea of a portable display board. The Board agreed it was a good idea. Dan will look into purchasing it.
6. New Business & Communications
a.
Review of
Potential Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) Sites
The Board reviewed the Osceola County Inventory and Score Sheet with the idea of possibly selecting another site to conduct a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA). After much discussion the following decisions were made:
(1) No site was selected for a Phase I ESA.
(2)
The
(3)
The former
(4) Dave B. will meet with the Reed City Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and determine if there are any projects that we can assist with.
b. Cancellation of September Meeting
The September Board meeting was cancelled.
7. Additional Public Comments: None
8. Adjournment
(09-34)
A motion was made by Jim Belcher, supported by Rich
Jacobs, to adjourn at 11:25 a.m. Motion
carried unanimously.
The next meeting of the Osceola County
Brownfield Redevelopment Authority is October 21, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in
the
__________________________ ____________
Dan Massy, Director Date
Recording Secretary